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Benefits of Painting Your Meal with Blue-Purple Foods - Frequently Asked Questions

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Krishanga, BDS on Jan 27, 2024


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What purple food is good for the brain?

Purple foods like blackcurrants, blueberries, and grapes are good for brain health as they are rich in anthocyanins.

2. What colored foods are good for?

Consuming foods of different colours fuels the body with enriching nutrients, antioxidants, polyphenols, and phenolic acids that exhibit numerous health benefits to the body.

3. What are the 5 benefits of eating a rainbow of foods?

Eating a rainbow of foods or foods of various colors helps reduce inflammation, prevent cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, improve brain health, improve vision, and promotea strong immune system.

4. Why should you eat blue foods?

Foods that are blue in color contain phytonutrients called anthocyanins at higher concentrations. This delivers a multitude of health benefits when consumed regularly. Hence, foods like blueberries, elderberries, and grapes, are good for health.


5. Do blue- and purple-colored foods prevent cancer?

Studies have found that consuming anthocyanins regularly turns down inflammation, a potential cause of cancer. Anthocyanin extracts from blue and purple foods have beenshown to possibly reduce cancer risks.

6. How do blue-color foods improve vision?

Research has shown that the anthocyanin in blue color foods improves blood circulation in the retinal arteries and helps with dark adaptation and reduces pressure.

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